Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Living a life that is true to who you are is fully accessible to you. It always has been. Don't say you are the exception. There are no exceptions. You may tell yourself that life is 'good enough', but what if you knew it could get a whole lot better? You are burning daylight if you're letting your life slip by when you know full well that things just aren't right. You must be willing to challenge virtually every single aspect of your life, including the reality that you may be wanting and pursuing things that simply aren't right for you. If you are consistently and repeatedly attributing events in your life to wrong causes, then there can be no doubt that you are living a fictional life. The choices you have made, and will make in your life are 100% your responsibility. Regardless of what you have come to believe, you are in control. You are the manager of your own life! You must seize every genuine characteristic that is you and allow it to take center stage in your life. If your emotions are marked by cynicism, apathy, hopelessness, and lack of optimism, it is because you have abandoned your self and what matters to you. If you want to change this, the first thing you must do is acknowledge it. Acknowledge it, then begin to move toward a new reality for yourself. Move towards cleaning up all the unfinished emotional business that is contaminating your current life and your current view of who you are. You are the most important person in your life!, and failure to fully connect with and live out your best qualities means that your sons or daughters, your husband or wife, your family and friends settle for some second-best, counterfeit you. A fictional you. Get back in the driver's seat, and reclaim your core traits, qualities, gifts, talents, needs, and desires. However deeply your individuality may be buried - no matter how lost or non-unique you feel - you are in there!

About Me

Hi! I'm Connie. Thank you for visiting my blog. I am using this space to share words of encouragement, lift spirits, inspire others, and share beautiful photography. It is my hope that I can make a difference in the lives of others, by encouraging them to make the most of theirs.

Try to make at least 3 people smile each day!

I do!

Highlighted in Yellow . . .

from the book A New Earth. . . .

"If you are not spending all of your waking life in discontent, worry, anxiety, depression, despair, or consumed by other negative states; if you are able to enjoy simple things like listening to the sound of the rain or the wind; if you can see the beauty of clouds moving across the sky or be alone at times without feeling lonely or needing the mental stimulus of entertainment; if you find yourself treating a complete stranger with heartfelt kindness without wanting anything from him or her . . . it means that a space has opened up, no matter how briefly, of alive peace, even though it may be subtle. . . . ."

"So when you appreciate something simple - a sound, a sight, a touch - when you see beauty, when you feel loving kindness toward another, sense the inner spaciousness that is the source and background to that experience. . . . ."

"Be still. Look. Listen. Be present."

So many books...so little time

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink

Be by Kobi Yamada

Believe by Dan Zadra & Kobi Yamada

Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Infinite Possibilities by Mike Dooley

Live Good by Kobi Yamada

Making Your Dreams Come True by Marsha Weider

Talking Like The Rain - a children's book of poetry - Illustrated by Jane Dyer

The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz

The Little Things by Kobi Yamada

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

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